A strong center of high pressure over the northeastern United States wedged cold air along the east side of the Appalachian Mountains. Low pressure in the Gulf brought moisture into the region as it tracked northeast over the Carolinas and Virginia.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A strong center of high pressure over the northeastern United States wedged cold air along the east side of the Appalachian Mountains. Low pressure in the Gulf brought moisture into the region as it tracked northeast over the Carolinas and Virginia. The enhanced moisture combined with the dammed cold air created a complex winter storm that produced snow, sleet and freezing rain in southeastern West Virginia, with the upper elevations experiencing the highest impacts.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 19, 8:31 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 337 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ010>013-015-016-WVZ042-043-202045- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski- Grayson-Carroll-Mercer-Summers- 337 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ019-020-023-024-034-035-045>047-WVZ507-508-202045- Alleghany VA-Bath-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Bedford-Amherst-Campbell- Appomattox-Buckingham-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- 337 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, south central Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ014-017-018-022-032-033-WVZ044-202045- Montgomery-Floyd-Craig-Roanoke-Patrick-Franklin-Monroe- 337 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ007-009-202045- Tazewell-Smyth- 337 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043-044-058-059-202045- Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Yadkin-Henry-Pittsylvania-Halifax- Charlotte- 337 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A winter storm produced freezing rain and snow in Mercer county. Ice from freezing rain reached a thickness of 0.15 inches near Athens, while snow amounts ranged from 0.1 to a maximum of 4.0 inches.
A winter storm produced freezing rain, sleet and snow in Summers county. Ice from freezing rain was reported in trace amounts, and sleet accumulated to a depth of 0.5 inches near Hinton, while snow amounts ranged from 1 to 3 inches around the county.
A winter storm created freezing rain, sleet and snow in Monroe county. Ice from freezing rain reached depths ranging from trace amounts to 0.5 inches, and 0.5 inches of sleet were reported near Wayside. Snow amounts ranged from 2 inches to 4 inches.
A winter storm produced freezing rain, sleet and snow in Eastern Greenbrier county. Ice from freezing rain reached a depth of 0.13 inches near Lewisburg, while 0.5 inches of sleet was reported across the county. Snow amounts ranged from 2 to 3 inches across the county.
A winter storm produced freezing rain and snow in Western Greenbrier county. Ice from freezing rain was reported to a thickness of 0.1 inches, while snow amounts ranged from 2 to 5 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 2019
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 809714, 809713, 809715, 809710, 809711.